Cost of Prodvction, Yields, Pro/Us 



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The cost of production in the lower Rio Grande district, 

 Texas, has been estimated by the Office of Farm Manage- 

 ment, United States Department of Agriculture : ^ 



Breaking, harrowing, leveling . . 

 Ridging and preparing beds . . . 

 Working on borders and ditches . . 



Setting 10,000 plants 



12 irrigations 



15 cultivations 



Hand work with hoe 



Spraying 



Weed puUing 



Planting pop corn for summer shade 



56i 



25i 



Of the cash expenses the following is an average sum- 

 mary of the data available : 



Picking, 2000 quarts (estimated yield per acre) at 3^ $60.00 



10,000 plants per acre at $3.50 35.00 



2000 boxes 12.00 



Cost of irrigation water 10.00 



Interest on land, 6% of $150 per acre 9.00 



Value of man labor 56J days at 75 jS 42.37 



Value of mule labor 25i days at $1.00 25.17 



$193.54 



When the bed is carried for two or three years the cost 

 of production is reduced to about $100. 



Pacific states. 



According to B. O. Longyear, yields in the Canon City 

 district, Colorado, range from 300 to 800 twenty-foiu- quart 



• Cir. 1, Tex. Exp. Sta. 



